| Caxton Gibbet |
The Caxton Gibbet stands on a small knoll between Cambridge and St Neots. Not far away is the pub of the same name, which has been haunted in the past by phantom footsteps.
According to a local story one of the early landlords intended to rob three wealthy travellers who were staying at the inn. The landlord killed one of the guest in panic when he woke and found the landlord searching through his pockets. He then had to kill the other two to guarantee their silence. He disposed of the bodies down the pubs well. The mysterious footsteps are said to stop at the well as if the scene is replayed.
Another story suggests that a murderer was hung alive in an iron gibbet from the gallows and a baker who handed him a piece of bread in kindness was also hanged.
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| Madingley Hall |
This Tudor mansion was built by John Hynde in 1543 and is said to have numerous secret passages. Many houses from this period have passages and secret priest holes especially if they were owned by Catholic families when England was ruled by Protestants.
The hall is said to be haunted by the ghost of Lady Ursula Hynde, who was the wife of John, the builder of the house. Her son, Sir Francis, was notorious in the area for pulling down religious edifices and using the proceeds and timber to rebuild parts of the hall. Lady Ursula was supposedly horrified by her son's lack of piousness and haunts the hall wringing her hands in grief. She is said to walk from the hall to the nearby church on Christmas Eve.
Phantom music and ghostly women have also been witnessed at the hall.
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| Directions: Tha hall lies just outside Cambridge off the A428. |
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